Ferraro Vega Employment Lawyers backs Tacoma hotel and hospitality workers who have been robbed of the pay they’ve worked hard to earn. The refusal to pay wages goes against city, state, and Federal labor laws. If this has happened to you and you want to know how to hold your hotel employer financially accountable, contact us today for a free consultation.
Can an Employment Lawyer Help Me Force a My Employer to Pay Me?
Yes. A skilled Tacoma Unpaid Wage Lawyer goes to work immediately building a strong case that employers can’t make go away.
You may need a lawyer’s help if these are factors in your case:
- If your wage loss is substantial, consult with a lawyer
- If your case is complex, consult with a lawyer
- If your case will require a lot of investigative work, consult with a lawyer
- If your employer will be fighting the claim, you should consult with a lawyer
- If many employees at your hotel are having the same issue, you should consult with a lawyer
- If you feel you may have to file a lawsuit to get justice
It’s a good idea to speak with a lawyer first when your hotel company refers your case to their own team of lawyers. These lawyers will be working to tear apart your case and cast doubt on your integrity. You want strong legal representation that can fight back on your behalf.
The loss of income that is rightfully yours may seem unimportant to your employer, but that additional money likely means a great deal to you. If necessary, we want to make sure employers, and judges and juries understand the hardships you’ve faced after having your income withheld.
We Help Tacoma Hospitality Workers Recover Unpaid Wages
There are many hotel chains that serve guests in Tacoma. There are also upscale businesses like the Hotel Moreno that welcome thousands of customers a year. These lodging choices all employ thousands of workers in jobs from desk clerks, to housekeepers and maintenance personnel.
Unfortunately, locally owned motels and hotels can make accounting mistakes that cost employees money. Larger hotels that handle the payroll for hundreds of thousands of employees across the U.S. can also lose an employee’s financial records in the shuffle.
Employees at all levels deserve the weekly paycheck they worked hard for at the agreed-upon rate. And they should be able to secure what’s fair without putting their jobs at risk simply for speaking up.
We want to be a protective shield for anyone in the hospitality industry dealing with missing income and an unhelpful employer. These are just a few of the clients we fight for:
- Housekeepers
- Kitchen staff
- Wait staff
- Bartenders
- Hotel maintenance workers
- Guest services experts and front desk clerks
- Hotel managers
- Recreation staff
- Event planners
- Security workers
- Porters and bellhops
Common Unpaid Wages Violations in Tacoma Hotels
Federal, state, and city labor laws are securely in place to protect workers from wage loss. Employees should be able to count on the pay their work agreements promise and even verbal commitments for overtime pay and other benefits should be upheld.
These broken promises and duties are grounds for claims and lawsuits. Hotel corporations can get into legal trouble when they don’t pay employees what they are owed and ignore when these mistakes or intentional actions are brought to their attention.
These are just some of the types of employment wage infractions we can help Tacoma hospitality workers with:
- Paycheck Mistakes – A paycheck may have missing hours. A hotel payroll department could mistakenly classify an employee as a “contract worker.” Employees can lose out on benefits and standard pay when errors occur. They may miss bonuses or have a pay increase fail to go into effect when it should.
- Working “Off The Clock” – It’s common for workers in the service industry to ask employees to work after their shift or to ignore putting extra hours on a timecard. These violations can lead to major trouble for healthcare systems and compensation for employees.
- Missed Breaks and Lunches – Employees may not mind giving up breaks as long as they are paid for the extra time. Businesses often try to ignore these extra hours or minutes that add up at the end of the week.
- Minimum Wage Violations – Hotels may inadvertently allow an employee’s pay to drop below Washington’s or Tacoma’s set minimum wage. This might lead to wage theft violations, punishment for the employer, and additional compensation for victims. This can happen to workers who depend on tips for their income. Contact a Tacoma Minimum Wage Lawyer.
- Overtime Wage Violations – Employees may have been denied fair wages after working overtime, double overtime, or during holiday periods. Contact a Tacoma Unpaid Overtime Wage Lawyer to go over your best options for being completely reimbursed for your hard work and time.
- Tips Discrepancies – Workers who rely on tips shouldn’t have to depend on unfair tip-pooling policies and be made to wait on employers to be reimbursed by credit card companies.
The duties of employers to provide an agreed-upon payment or wage can vary by company and profession. However, a skilled Tacoma Employment Lawyer can go over corporate policies for hotels, citywide employment protections, Washington State labor laws, and Federal law to build a strong case for you. By putting pressure on your employer, we set out to recover 100% of what was taken from you and, in some cases, more.
How Can a Lawyer Help Me Secure a Better Outcome for My Unpaid Wages Case?
If you try to stand up to a giant hotel business about wage issues, you may have to also take on a team of corporate lawyers. You could even risk losing your job for speaking up. This is on top of having to struggle financially when your paycheck falls short of what you thought you could count on.
Having a skilled Tacoma Unpaid Overtime Claims Lawyer on your side may be the only way to get your case taken seriously. Your lawyer can also often force employers to pay everything in back overtime pay they over and, in some cases, even more.
These are just a few of the protections our attorneys can provide to hard-working workers in the hospitality business:
- Fully investigate your case and your employer’s payroll policies and records
- Find totals for your lost income and benefits and add in the effects a loss of money has had on your efforts to support your family and pay your bills
- Take on the hotel’s team of lawyers and prevent them from trying to cover up an issue or blame you
- Take legal action if a hotel threatens to fire you for simply seeking what you are owed
- Negotiate for much more than you could usually secure for yourself, sometimes more than you are owed
With evidence in hand, we demand the return of your hard-earned money and other benefits for the ordeal you’ve been put through.
Contact a Tacoma Hotel Unpaid Wage Lawyer Today
If your employer isn’t reimbursing you for the time you put in or promised benefits, you have legal rights that need to be protected.
At Ferraro Vega Employment Lawyers, we’re here to help you make sure you get paid. We take up the fight until you receive what you are owed. We help victims of wage theft in Tacoma and across all of Pierce County. We help victims regardless of their immigration status. Labor laws are in place to protect everyone.
At the same time, we safeguard your job security and shield you from any retaliation from hotels. Our Tacoma team knows the city, state, and U.S. labor laws and will work hard to hold your employer accountable. Don’t wait–contact us today for a free consultation.